Masqueraders: Na Chainkua Reindorf and Simone Leigh at La Biennale di Venezia
Mawu Nyonu
Na Chainkua Reindorf, Veil, 2022. Glass beads, plastic beads, polycarbonate sheet, fiberglass resin, astroturf, and steel cable. 216 x 180 inches (5.5 x 4.6 meters). Image courtesy of THE Ghana Pavilion, 2022. Photograph by David Levene.
Na Chainkua Reindorf, Screen, 2017. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.
Na Chainkua Reindorf, Lara: Mind Your Own, 2021–22. Acrylic gouache and cotton thread on Belgian linen canvas. 48.75 x 68.75 inches (123.8 x 174.6 centimeters). Image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Na Chainkua Reindorf.
A Brief History of a Biennale
Authentic/Ex-Centric: Africa In and Out of Africa, curated by Salah Hassan and Olu Oguibe, took place IN 2001 at the 49th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.
Ugo Mulas, Venice Biennale, 1968.
Sovereignty
Simone Leigh: Façade, 2022. Thatch, steel, and wood, dimensions variable. Satellite, 2022. Bronze, 24 feet × 10 feet × 7 feet 7 inches (7.3 × 3 × 2.3 m) (overall). Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo by Timothy Schenck. © Simone Leigh.
[1] “AFRICAN PAVILION DURING THE 1931 EXPOSITION COLONIAL DE PARIS FROM ALBUM BY MARCEL BRAUN,” NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE. [2] “CAMEROUN-TOGO GRAND PAVILION, EXPOSITION COLONIALE INT. DE PARIS 1931,” ARCHETYPE MAGAZINE.
[1] SIMONE LEIGH, CUPBOARD, 2022. RAFFIA, STEEL, AND GLAZED STONEWARE. 135 1/2 × 124 × 124 INCHES (344.1 × 315 × 315 CM). COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MATTHEW MARKS GALLERY. PHOTO BY TIMOTHY SCHENCK. © SIMONE LEIGH. [2–3] SIMONE LEIGH, CUPBOARD X, 2020. STEEL AND RAFFIA. INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS VARIABLE, APPROXIMATE INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS: 142 X 370 X 190 INCHES (360.7 X 939.8 x 482.6 CM).